Ellie Norris

Since receiving her academic degrees in Biochemistry and Bioinformatics during the late 1990s, Ellie D. Norris has acquired 25 years of professional experience supporting drug discovery and development as a trusted and effective technology partner. Ellie’s career began with over a decade as a bioinformatics scientist in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. She then transitioned to information technology and held various positions pertaining to information architecture, product ownership, solution architecture, delivery orchestration and technology chapter leadership to assist both research and development business functions.

For most of her career, Ellie has worked for the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc., which is headquartered in Rahway, NJ, USA. She was recently appointed to the director-level role of Business Technology Partner, Data Strategy within the Clinical & Real-World Evidence Generation IT Value Team. Within this role, Ellie is focused on data and technology enabled opportunities, beginning with real-world data, and manages an advanced analytics organization.

Externally, Ellie was announced as the first runner-up for the “AIconics: AI Innovator of the Year Awards – Solutions Implementor” category at the AI Summit New York in 2022. She was also featured in RE-WORK’s “Top 25 Women in AI: U.S. Healthcare and Pharma Edition” and is passionate about supporting and promoting women and gender minorities as the NYC chapter co-lead of “Women in Machine Learning & Data Science.”